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TRYING WAY TOO HARD TO CRUSH A VIRUS
Several lunch hours/week for 25 years, I played basketball in the second-floor gym of the elegant, century-old, brick-faced, marble-staired Y in central…
Apr 16
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FOURTEEN DAYS IN THE DESERT
Last week, I wrote about the many casinos I saw during a trip to the Southwestern United States.
Apr 9
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BETTING THE HOUSE ON CORONAMANIA
Seven days or, more often, nights/week for thirty-seven and a half years, my father worked in a car and truck assembly plant.
Apr 2
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March 2026
BRIBING MOM TO VAXX
I like hearing from readers via Comments, email, telephone or in-person meetings.
Mar 26
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ON THE EVE OF DESTRUCTION
Six years ago this week, at 11 PM, I was lying in bed, listening to WNYC’s ethereal music programming.
Mar 19
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SIX YEARS OF SOLITUDE
For twenty years, a guy named Rick headed my law office’s environmental practice group.
Mar 12
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WHY THIRD WORLD NATIONS HANDLED COVID BETTER THAN THE US DID
Growing food and flowers for a living meant I couldn’t travel from late February through mid-November.
Mar 5
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SOUTHWESTERN SOJOURN
If I post on days other than Thursday, it’s about logistical matters.
Mar 2
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February 2026
THE COVID EXPERTS WHO WEREN'T
Until I was ten, my family lived in a modest neighborhood along a Northern New Jersey river.
Feb 26
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TALKING CORONAMANIA AND LIFE
This week, instead of a written post, I’ve attached a recent one-hour podcast discussion between Joni McGary and me about Coronamania, the human life…
Feb 19
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JEFF TWEEDY, VINCENT VAN GOGH, BASELINE ANXIETY AND VIRAL FEAR
Feb 12
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USING CORONAMANIA TO HYPE BIOTECH
As a kid, my hometown’s baseball leagues were kind of a big deal.
Feb 4
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